Highly mobile and multi-functional EW160C wheeled digger

Mobility, ease of use, comfort, safety and adaptability are the key characteristics of the Volvo EW160C. Thanks to ingenious improvements this digger now offers even more tools, more tasks, more comfort and more control by using less fuel and less time.
The improvements include:

New 106 kW (142 hp) Volvo Tier III compliant engine with V-ACT (Volvo Advanced Combustion Technology). Offers high torque at low revs, leading to ultra-efficient fuel consumption

Smooth load sensing hydraulics thanks to higher torque swing motor allows faster cycle times and increased performance

New designed Volvo Care Cab with ROPS (Roll Over Protection System) featuring many advantages for the operator: More safety, more space, better visibility and less noise. The multi-adjustable seat, pedals and joystick allow optimal controls for the operator. The new color LCD display is easy to read and offers real time information of machine functions and important diagnostic informations

Rugged long wear components, ground level access to service points and long service intervals will reduce downtime

With 95% of the machine recyclable and greatly reduced external sound levels (101 LwA dB(A)) Volvo excavators are in the forefront of environmental concern.

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With the new EC210C crawler digger quality meets durability

With the launch of the Volvo EC210C crawler digger, Volvo demonstrates once again that it builds more care and quality into its machines. Care for the machine owner, care for the operator, care for the service technician and care for the environment around it.

The results include:

New 110 kW (150 hp) Volvo Tier III compliant engine with V-ACT (Volvo Advanced Combustion Technology). Offers high torque at low revs, leading to ultra-efficient fuel consumption

Smooth load sensing hydraulics thanks to higher torque swing motor allows faster cycle times and increased performance

New designed Volvo Care Cab with ROPS (Roll Over Protection System) featuring many advantages for the operator: More safety, more space, better visibility and less noise. The multi-adjustable seat, pedals and joystick allow optimal controls for the operator. The new color LCD display is easy to read and offers real time information of machine functions and important diagnostic informations

Rugged long wear components, ground level access to service points and long service intervals will reduce downtime

With 95% of the machine recyclable and greatly reduced external sound levels (102 LwA dB(A)) Volvo excavators are in the forefront of environmental concern.

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New Volvo EC160C digger - a partner you can trust

With the launch of the Volvo EC160C crawler digger, Volvo demonstrates once again that it builds more care and quality into its machines. Care for the machine owner, care for the operator, care for the service technician and care for the environment around it.

The results include:

New 87 kW (118 hp) Volvo Tier III compliant engine with V-ACT (Volvo Advanced Combustion Technology). Offers high torque at low revs, leading to ultra-efficient fuel consumption

Smooth load sensing hydraulics thanks to higher torque swing motor allows faster cycle times and increased performance

New designed Volvo Care Cab with ROPS (Roll Over Protection System) featuring many advantages for the operator: More safety, more space, better visibility and less noise. The multi-adjustable seat, pedals and joystick allow optimal controls for the operator. The new color LCD display is easy to read and offers real time information of machine functions and important diagnostic informations

Rugged long wear components, ground level access to service points and long service intervals will reduce downtime

With 95% of the machine recyclable and greatly reduced external sound levels (101 LwA dB(A)) Volvo excavators are in the forefront of environmental concern

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The new Volvo EW140C wheeled excavator - fleet production from one machine

Mobility, ease of use, comfort, safety and adaptability are the key characteristics of the Volvo EW140C. Thanks to ingenious improvements this digger now offers even more tools, more tasks, more comfort and more control by using less fuel and less time.

The improvements include:

New 91 kW (122 hp) Volvo Tier III compliant engine with V-ACT (Volvo Advanced Combustion Technology). Offers high torque at low revs, leading to ultra-efficient fuel consumption

Smooth load sensing hydraulics thanks to higher torque swing motor allows faster cycle times and increased performance

New designed Volvo Care Cab with ROPS (Roll Over Protection System) featuring many advantages for the operator: More safety, more space, better visibility and less noise. The multi-adjustable seat, pedals and joystick allow optimal controls for the operator. The new color LCD display is easy to read and offers real time information of machine functions and important diagnostic informations

Rugged long wear components, ground level access to service points and long service intervals will reduce downtime

With 95% of the machine recyclable and greatly reduced external sound levels (101 LwA dB(A)) Volvo excavators are in the forefront of environmental concern.

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Volvo CE meets increased demand with global investment program

The need to satisfy increased worldwide demand and reduce the amount of time that customers have to wait for their machines to be delivered are the driving forces for a package of investments Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) has announced. Totaling over $55 million, the production facilities in Braås and Eskilstuna, Sweden and Asheville, US will be the focus of much of the spending, and lead to a considerable increase in production output.

The investment in the Braås facility will see 25% more articulated haulers being produced by the end of 2007, increasing output to 4000 machines. With global demand for articulated haulers currently at an all time high and expectations that this product concept will continue to find new customers in developing markets, sales are expected to continue to increase. This investment is needed to respond to this positive development. Volvo CE is the worldwide leader in articulated haulers, and the increased output of the Braås factory is hoped to not only meet current demand but also win an even bigger share of the market in the future. The investment also brings with it the welcome news that around 100 new employees will be recruited to cope with the additional output.

Investments will also be directed at increasing output of Volvo CE’s cab factory in Hallsberg, Sweden, as well as at its components facility in Eskilstuna, Sweden, with a particular focus on boosting production of transmission systems.

As announced earlier this month, Volvo CE’s Asheville factory will begin building excavators as well as wheel loader and excavator cabs by the middle of 2007. The plant, in North Carolina, USA, will receive a cash injection of $25 million to increase its fabrication and assembly capabilities in order to meet growing requirements in the local excavator market. The trend to build excavators in locations other than Volvo CE’s core excavator factory in Korea has already proven successful, with production now also in China and Germany. The 40,000 m2 Asheville plant will build four of Volvo CE’s 11 excavator models – the EC160B, EC210B, EC330B, and the EC360B, for delivery to customers in the US and Canada. The manufacturing facility will continue to produce five of the 10 models of Volvo wheel loaders.

“This investment helps to ‘future proof’ us against the increasing demand that we expect for Volvo CE products in the coming years,” says Tony Helsham, Volvo CE’s president and chief executive. “Not only will we be able to get more of our most popular products into the market, but we will be able to reinforce our responsiveness to customer needs and deliver products faster while still maintaining high quality.”

June 2006

For further information, please contact
Beatrice Cardon
Volvo Construction Equipment
Avenue du Hunderenveld 10B-1082 Brussels, Belgium
Tel: int + 32 2482 5021Fax: int + 32 2675 1777
e.mail: beatrice.cardon@volvo.com